10:7 But he does not agree with this,
his mind does not reason this way, 1
for his goal is to destroy,
and to eliminate many nations. 2
10:15 Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it,
or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? 3
As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it,
or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood!
1 tn Heb “but he, not so does he intend, and his heart, not so does it think.”
2 tn Heb “for to destroy [is] in his heart, and to cut off nations, not a few.”
3 tn Heb “the one who pushes it back and forth”; KJV “him that shaketh it”; ASV “him that wieldeth it.”